Order of Service – Sunday 6 August 2023 – PENTECOST 10
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GREETINGS
Blessed is the Holy Trinity of love, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, fathering all creation, and blessed is the reign of God, now and forever to the ages of ages.
CALL TO WORSHIP
Come before the Lord in holy worship. Open your hearts and God will open your lives to His way.
HYMN: 557 “Awake, My Soul, and With the Sun”
RESPONSIVE READING
Jesus, bread of life, feed Your Church with Your gifts of faith and trust. Equip us for the ministry to which You call all baptised in Your name….
Grant that we may grow into maturity in union with You.
Jesus, bread of life, nourish our public life with Your gift of prophetic wisdom. Inspire us to look beyond immediate needs and shallow pleasures ….
Grant that all may delight in Your goodness.
Jesus, bread of life, sustain our life with Your gift of sufficient food and water. Give us the will to ensure none go hungry or are malnourished ….
Bless the work of aid agencies and trade justice movements.
Jesus, bread of life, revive all who are weary and exhausted with Your gift of patient hope. Strengthen and uphold them in their sufferings ….
Refresh them with knowledge of Your presence.
Jesus, living bread, Your healing touch reached out to the sick. Pour out Your restoring presence on all who call out to You ….
Lift up all who are bowed down.
Jesus, living bread, You mourned the death of John the Baptist. Look with compassion on all who mourn and suffer ….
Raise us to new life with You.
HYMN: 598 “Dear Father, Lord of Humankind”
COLLECT
Almighty God, You have appointed our Lord Jesus Christ as mediator of a New Covenant. Give us grace to draw near with full assurance of faith and rejoice in our continuing covenant with You. Amen!
TIME TO PRAY
In silence please offer your prayers to the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN: 425 “Come, Spirit Blest, Our Hearts Inspire”
A PRAYER BEFORE READING THE SCRIPTURES
Even as we seek understanding, our minds, too often, shelter us from the realities we might uncover. May we have the courage to hear and hold truths found within these words. Amen! (Gretta Vosper Another Breath)
BIBLE READINGS Wendy Phelps
Genesis 32:22-32 (Page 33) Psalm 17:1-7, 15 (Page 539)
SERMON: “Unless You Bless Me!” Krikor Youmshajekian
NOTICES –
- Sunday Worship 27 August 10:00 am at Crows Nest UC. Please join our sisters and brothers for Sunday worship.
- Father’s Day – Sunday 3 Sept – Extended Morning Tea.
- Movie/Pizza Night – Tuesday 5 September 6:30 pm.
- Elders’ and Council Meeting – Wed 6 Sep 12:30 pm.
- Church 100th Anniversary Worship Service – Sunday 10 Sep 2023 at 2:00 pm. Come and bring guests with you.
- Spring Fashion Parade -Thursday 14 September.
OFFERING – Consider to give freely with a thankful heart.
HYMN: 429 “Break Now the Bread of Life”
COMMUNION
Come, all you who are loved by God, come to the table of the Lord.
Come and eat food with no cost, come and drink with no money to pay.
We come to eat, to drink, and our hearts are glad.
PRAYER
Gracious and loving God, our hearts truly are glad, and we are filled with thankfulness, because in Your great love You did not abandon us in the dark and fearful places of this world, but in Jesus, You came to us, to rescue us, to restore us, and to give us new life. Amen!
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
We remember the way that Jesus shows us His love:
On the evening before He died, He had supper with His friends.
During the meal He took the loaf of bread, gave thanks for it, broke it and then passed it around with these words:
This is My body broken for you. Eat this and remember Me.
And, after the meal He took the cup of wine, gave thanks for it and then passed it around with these words:
This is My blood shed for you. Drink this and remember Me.
And now, every time we eat bread like this, and every time we drink wine like this, we remember Jesus, and His everlasting love.
DISTRIBUTION
Take, eat, this is the body of Jesus broken for you.
Take, drink, this the blood of Jesus shed for you.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Lord God, we thank You for this meal, and for welcoming us to Your table. We remember that we are Your children, and that You have called us to share Your love with everyone we meet. Help us to receive Your life, walk in Your strength, and follow Your ways every moment of our lives.
HYMN: 531 “Sent Forth by God’s Blessing”
BLESSING
The grace of Christ attend you, the love of God surround you, the Holy Spirit keep you, this day and for ever.
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!
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